Exam question 4 · Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if h…

Which description most accurately characterises Peter's response when Wendy completed her story?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: description, Wendy · What happens: characteris, complete · To what, where: response, story

This is exam question 4 of lesson 328 «Peter Pan, Wendy's bedtime story, part 19: Peter asks if he is only pretending to be their father, then groans at the story he hates» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 description	det
2	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	nsubj
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 accurately	advmod
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 characterises	advmod
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 response	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Peter	case
8	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 characterises	obj
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 completed	advmod
10	Wendy	Wendy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 completed	nsubj
11	completed	complete	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 characterises	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 story	nmod:poss
13	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 completed	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which description	Peter's response				accurately property	tree rules
2	complete	past	Wendy	Wendy's story					vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Eventuality

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He uttered a hollow groan and indicated that his discomfort lay lower than his chest, near his side, where it hurt most.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uttered	nsubj
2	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 groan	det
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 groan	amod
5	groan	groan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uttered	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 indicated	cc
7	indicated	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 uttered	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 lay	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 discomfort	nmod:poss
10	discomfort	discomfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lay	nsubj
11	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 indicated	advcl
12	lower	low	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 lay	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 chest	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 chest	nmod:poss
15	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lower	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 side	punct
17	near	near	ADP	_	19 side	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 side	nmod:poss
19	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lay	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 hurt	punct
21	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	23 hurt	advmod
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 hurt	nsubj
23	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 lay	conj
24	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	23 hurt	advmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uttered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	He	a hollow groan			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent groan=Topic
2	indicate	past	He not said here				vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	lie	past	his discomfort		discomfort's side	low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near side=Location
4	hurt	past	groan				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

He let out a sad sigh and said his pain was in his chest.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 let	compound:prt
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sigh	det
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sigh	amod
6	sigh	sigh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 let	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 let	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pain	nmod:poss
10	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 chest	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 chest	cop
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 chest	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 chest	nmod:poss
14	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 said	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	let out	past	He	a sad sigh		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	He not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	his pain		his chest	tree rules
4	pain		his = he			nom pain «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He uttered a hollow groan and indicated that his discomfort lay lower than his chest.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uttered	nsubj
2	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 groan	det
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 groan	amod
5	groan	groan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uttered	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 indicated	cc
7	indicated	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 uttered	conj
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 lay	mark
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 discomfort	nmod:poss
10	discomfort	discomfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lay	nsubj
11	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 indicated	advcl
12	lower	low	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 lay	advmod
13	than	than	ADP	_	15 chest	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 chest	nmod:poss
15	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lower	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uttered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	He	a hollow groan		vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent groan=Topic
2	indicate	past	He not said here			vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	lie	past	his discomfort		low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He uttered a hollow groan, then indicated that his discomfort lay lower than his chest and then he left the room entirely.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uttered	nsubj
2	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 groan	det
4	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 groan	amod
5	groan	groan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uttered	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 indicated	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 indicated	advmod
8	indicated	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 uttered	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 lay	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 discomfort	nmod:poss
11	discomfort	discomfort	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lay	nsubj
12	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 indicated	advcl
13	lower	low	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 lay	advmod
14	than	than	ADP	_	16 chest	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 chest	nmod:poss
16	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lower	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 left	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 left	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 left	nsubj
20	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lay	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 room	det
22	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 left	obj
23	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	20 left	advmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 uttered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	utter speech: other	past	He	a hollow groan			vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent groan=Topic
2	indicate	past	He not said here		then		vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot
3	lie	past	his discomfort			low property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	leave	past	discomfort	the room	then	entirely property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme

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